by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 15, 2012 | Farming, Sustainability, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Nevada City, California photos courtesy of Whirled Beet Productions The Quest for Local Honey (Part One) had its world premier yesterday at the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival. Wild and Scenic combs the globe for the best environmental films; it is rare...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 14, 2012 | Community, photographs, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
Nevada City, California As central as the films are here at Wild and Scenic, the community-centered nightlife is also a vital part of the festival experience. At Nevada City’s Classic Cafe I found a capacity house enjoying wine, French cuisine, and the eclectic...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 14, 2012 | Community, Education, Farmers Markets, Farming, Sustainability, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
In the 1970s, Flint, Michigan was the richest city per capita in the United States. Now, it is the poorest. The population has declined 40% while violent crime has increased inversely. Buildings are boarded up. People are in despair. In the heyday of General Motors,...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 13, 2012 | photographs, Politics, Sustainability, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Nevada City, California For many years now, residents of Nevada City have understood that people can save a river. Lately, California budget assaults on Yuba River State Parks have spearheaded a new campaign of activism; local students have been gathering signatures...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 13, 2012 | Farming, Sustainability, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Part of my coverage of the 10th annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival: January 13-15, 2012, in Nevada City, CA. They were expecting to be doctors, accountants, lawyers, chemists, physicists, historians, anthropologists. Instead, the twenty some, twenty-something...
